One killed, five wounded in Tehran Shrine shooting

  07 June 2017    Read: 1570
One killed, five wounded in Tehran Shrine shooting
Reports of another shooting at southern Tehran Imam Khomeini Mausoleum.
At least one person has been killed and five wounded in a shooting at a mausoleum in southern Tehran, Iranian media reported Wednesday amid claims of two arrests and a suicide bombing.

"Based on primary reports, 1 killed, 5 injured in shooting spree at Imam Khomeini shrine," the Mehr news service posted on its Twitter account.



​Multiple Iranian outlets including Mehr reported earlier that a third assailant had reportedly detonated his suicide vest. The latter cited reports of two assailants being arrested at the site.


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